12,000 German Helmets Found along with guns, crew served weapons, motorcycles. All the gear a division would have.

[1srelluc]

What a time to be alive as a kid there! I would have been a "tunnel rat" for sure!

 

[odanny]

All of this German war memorabilia is so valuable if you can find it, no matter the condition. It would be fun, and probably too dangerous, to explore all those Japanese caves throughout the islands they inhabited during WWII, and the climate there has likely ruined anything left behind.

 

[1srelluc]

All of this German war memorabilia is so valuable if you can find it, no matter the condition. It would be fun, and probably too dangerous, to explore all those Japanese caves throughout the islands they inhabited during WWII, and the climate there has likely ruined anything left behind.

I've seen videos of unsealed WW-II Japanese Pacific island caves and yeah, there's not much left.

 

[jacksonlamb]

I have a Japanese Nambu in safe storage that Pop brought home after Guadalcanal when shipped to military hospitals before going back in late 1944. I cherish it.

It is a Type 11 light machine gun a mass‑produced Japanese LMG and the earliest “Nambu” machine gun.
Designer: Kijirō Nambu
Cartridge: 6.5×50mm
ArisakaAction: Gas‑operated, air‑cooled
Rate of fire: ~500 rounds/minFeed system: Unique Hooper: holding six 5‑round stripper clips (30 rounds total).

Instead of a magazine or belt, it used rifle stripper clips dropped into a hopper, which allowed continuous topping‑off.

The hopper collected dirt and debris, causing jams.

The sight is offset to the right because the hopper sat on the left.